dummy load
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Review moat
Incredible71.55avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Incredible$29.15avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Returns
Great1.4%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Great$7.43–$61.63cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Great7.9%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Competition
Okay60%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Quality gap
Okay4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-13.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$50K$50K/yr · 22K searches
Brand share
Bad99%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, dummy load is a $50K/yr Amazon United States market (22K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.
Data updated Jul 22, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
dummy load market data
- Units sold / yr
- 1K–2K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $36K–$44K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 7.9%
- Avg BSR
- #2,548
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 91%
- Out of stock
- 0.4%
- Avg brand age
- 53 months
- Avg seller age
- 251 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
7 rising
Sellers
9
Top-5 brand share
99%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
60%
Top 20: 98%
Open market
1%
- BECEN36%
- XRDS -RF35%
- Sousery21%
- Mcbazel3%
- fmuser2%
- RFHawk2%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -13.8% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top dummy load search terms
- dummy load12K/yr
- 50 ohm dummy load6K/yr
- dummy load for ham radio4K/yr
Top dummy load products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Sousery 50W PL259 UHF Male Dummy Load DC-520MHz 50 Ohm
Sousery$26.674.7★110 rev
BECEN 100 Watt PL259 Dummy Load - Terminal 100W UHF DC to 1.0Ghz 50Ohm Lower VSWR (100 Watt)
BECEN$40.974.6★194 rev
XRDS-RF 50W PL259 UHF Male Plug RF Dummy Load 50 Ohm
XRDS -RF$27.424.7★538 rev
BECEN 100W N- Male Connector Dummy Load Termination Load DC to 3 GHz 50ohm for VNA
BECEN$42.404.5★55 rev
XRDS -RF 15W UHF Male Dummy Load 50 Ohm UHF Male Dummy Load for RF Testing Calibration and Equipment Termination
XRDS -RF$17.884.9★20 rev
Newest
by launch date
100W PL259 Dummy Load DC-1GHz 50 Ohm UHF Dummy Load for Ham Radio Low VSWR with pl259 Connector Termination Loads for Antenna Testing Radio Transmitter
RFHawk$42.211 rev
FMUSER 50W 50 Ohm Dummy Load with PL259 UHF Male Connector RF Dummy Load for Ham Radio Stable Performance Low VSWR
fmuser$22.877 rev
BECEN 200Watt PL259 Male Plug Dummy Load UHF Dummy Load DC to 1.0GHz 50 Ohm
BECEN$51.3550 rev
XRDS -RF 15W UHF Male Dummy Load 50 Ohm UHF Male Dummy Load for RF Testing Calibration and Equipment Termination
XRDS -RF$17.8820 rev
XRDS -RF 10W BNC Male Dummy Load 50 Ohm BNC Male Dummy Load for RF Testing Calibration and Equipment Termination
XRDS -RF$17.9916 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumFMUSER 50W 50 Ohm Dummy Load with PL259 UHF Male Connector RF Dummy Load for Ham Radio Stable Performance Low VSWR
fmuser$22.874.2★
BECEN 100W N- Male Connector Dummy Load Termination Load DC to 3 GHz 50ohm for VNA
BECEN$42.404.5★
BECEN 100W N-Female Connector Dummy Load Termination Load DC to 3 GHz 50ohm
BECEN$43.464.6★
10W 50 ohm Dummy Load 10 Watt rf Load for Ham Radio with N Type Connector DC-3Ghz VSWR 1.2
Generic$15.404.1★
100W PL259 Dummy Load DC-1GHz 50 Ohm UHF Dummy Load for Ham Radio Low VSWR with pl259 Connector Termination Loads for Antenna Testing Radio Transmitter
RFHawk$42.215.0★
What buyers say about dummy load
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Just as advertised”
“Great product to use”
“Worth the money”
“Does it work”
“Comes in handy”
“Great for keying up the transmitter without transmitting over the air”
“Small size and works well”
“It works”
“Looks to be made of quality material”
“good build quality”
What buyers complain about
“Garbage”
“this unit does not heat up”
“Then it caused the Baofeng to stop transmitting”
“Not 50 ohms”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is dummy load profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $50K/yr across 22 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -13.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (44/100).
- How competitive is the dummy load niche?
- 7 brands and 9 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 60% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 99% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in dummy load?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Heating, Signal Strength. The return rate is 1.4%.
- When does demand for dummy load peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the dummy load niche?
- Listings span $7.43–$61.63; the average listing price is $29.15 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 72 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.